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/\\ Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. /o A\ 101 Marietta Street Bldg . e Atlan ta, Georgia 30303 • Telephone: 525-4262 T. M. Parham Ex ec uti ve Admini s trator 525-4262 Contact: Pat Mason (EOA) or J. Hunter Todd (TOYPA) 633-4105 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 1969 "'1'1) ~{PA " JO INS START NOW ATLANTA ,..hl t•.. teen your.g me n and women, selec-l:.cd as The Outsta nding You"'.'lg People in Atlanta (TOYPA), will joi.r. Economic Opportunity Atlanta's START NOW ATLANTA Campaign on Saturday , April 12, with a pov2rty area tour which b egins at 10: 3 0 a. m. from ;the East Centr, _;_ r'OA Neighborhood Se~-v ice Cent8r , 486 Decat:.:i. r Street, S. E. For TC'-YPA the tour wj 1:.. b e t he first s tep in what h as been chosen as their fir st. \ ~ re Ject: thE p roduction of an orgina. J. ! mo tion picture which will e:(plo:r-e the progress and pro"!.)lems ' of I Atlanta ' s poor communities. I According to Sara Ridgeway and J. f Hunter Todd, co - Chairmen o f the TOYPA project, the motion p'.ic- tu re wi ll be presented to top community l eaders, civic clubs, and church groups to channe l community interes t and assistance to EOA's START NOW ATLANTA campaign which has involved 374 new volunteers in the war aga inst poverty since the program b egan on J anu ary 10. - �l -2- On Saturday these 19 young people will be toured by poverty area residents who live in C':l.bbagetown, Reynoldstown, Buttermilk Bottom, and adjacent communities. They will see first hand the efforts of the poor in their own self-help projects and will be confronted with the problems which remain. Saturday's tou:'.:', scheduled as part . of the Dogwood Festival, will also include othe ~ htlan~ ~s, young and old, who are among : the 2,277 who. have - taken months. che EOA tours in the last three �